04 February 2018
Bambos Charalambous MP, Deputy Mayor of Enfield and local councillors and representatives from WMT, Mitre Construction and organisers from Friends of Broomfield Park
The Garden of Remembrance in Broomfield Park which was opened in 1929 and contains a memorial temple dedicated to those who died in the first and second world wars has been extensively restored. The Friends of Broomfield Park would like to thank the War Memorials Trust which provided a generous grant that funded the.......
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20 January 2018
Questions asked by residents of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area.
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20 January 2018
Answers provided by the Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area in answer to questions asked by residents
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20 December 2017
The Trent Park Museum Trust has announced the death of Fritz Lustig, the last of the "secret listeners", who collected invaluable intelligence by listening in to bugged conversations between German prisoners of war during World War 2.
This once top secret intelligence gathering was carried out at three large country houses that had been requisitioned, one being Trent Park. Fritz Lustig, a refugee from Nazi Germany, did not himself work at Trent Park, but as one of only two surviving secret.......
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12 December 2017
Friends of Alexandra Palace Theatre have been publishing videos about the restoration work. There are three introductory films (the first is number 2 for some reason)...
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24 November 2017
Notting Hill Housing Trust are inviting the public to view and discuss its latest proposals for developing a site in Bowes Road immediately adjacent to Ritz Parade. The housing developer will be hosting an exhibition this Wednesday and Thursday (29th and 30th November) between 4pm and 8pm at Trinity at Bowes Methodist Church, Palmerston Road, N22 8RA. Plans will be available and the development team will be present to answer any questions you may have and importantly take on board any.......
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22 November 2017
The Local List was published jointly by Enfield Council and the Enfield SocietyHard work and foot slogging put in by teams of volunteers has been rewarded by finalisation and publication of a new heritage list covering the entire London Borough of Enfield.
The Enfield Local Heritage List was published last week by the council's Heritage Officer, but the organisation which took the lead in drawing up the list was the Enfield Society, aided by the Enfield Conservation Advisory Group,.......
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03 November 2017
The Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area have submitted an objection to the planning application by Star Pubs and Bars and the Lateral Property Group to redevelop the Fox pub and its car park. This follows a few days after an objection was submitted by Talkies Community Cinema.
Artist's impression of the proposed Fox Lane block: "crude and unattractive ... its brutality is reinforced by the eight balconies and five double height windows set within further rectangular 'frames'"Like.......
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22 October 2017
Chris Horner and Jane Maggs of Southgate District Civic Trust are at the far left in this line up of Civic Voice 2017 award winners
For the second year running the national body Civic Voicehas presented its Civic Day Award to Southgate District Civic Trust (SDCT). The award is a recognition of "An Outstanding Contribution".
As last year, our local civic trust wasn't satisfied with a just organising a Civic Day - instead it was the driving force behind the Southgate Civic Week,.......
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09 October 2017
The Broomfield House Trust has launched a crowdfunding campaign aimed at raising £10,000 to be used to restore a section of the Lanscroon murals that were salvaged from Broomfield House after the first fire in 1984.
Help bring Minerva to life!
Broomfield House is a beautiful Grade II* listed 16th century building, the centrepiece of Broomfield Park in Palmers Green. It was badly damaged by fire some 20 years ago. It remains held up by scaffolding and awaits restoration. This is now.......
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04 October 2017
Ahead of a speech in London on Tuesday 3rd October to an audience of heritage professionals, Ian Harvey, Executive Director of Civic Voice, has called for an end to the continued cutting of local conservation officers in local government and launched a survey to investigate the impact. The survey can be filled in via surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GYMZLC2
Research by Historic England and the IHBC shows that one in five local authorities now do not have their own conservation officer. Many authorities,.......
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26 August 2017
Colin Younger, Chair of the Broomfield House Trust, updates us on the progress of efforts to restore the House.Broomfield House Trust members met with Enfield Council officers on 23 August to discuss thinking on a way ahead on the reconstruction of the House and stableyard. This follows structural engineers' re-examination of the House's remains and further cost estimates for potential work.On behalf of the Broomfield House TrustThe Art of Gerard Lanscroonwith ML.......
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12 July 2017
Following three public consultations and discussions with Enfield planning officers, the planning application for the redevelopment of the former Middlesex University campus in Trent Park will go before the Planning Committee on Tuesday 18th July.
Berkeley Homes are applying to refurbish the mansion and some other historic buildings, demolish most of the more recent former university buildings and create a total of 262 residential units.
A notable inclusion in the plans is the reservation of.......
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28 June 2017
A message from the Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area
The character appraisal for the conservation area was reviewed in 2015Do you live in the Lakes Estate Conservation Area? Are you interested in helping preserve its character?
We are a group of residents who assist Council officers in safeguarding the Estate's unique character as described in the Conservation Area Appraisal.
One of the roles of the group is to comment on planning applications in the area. Another role.......
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24 May 2017
The Friends of Broomfield Park and Enfield Council have recently been successful in securing £64,000 of funding from the War Memorials Trust. As part of the proposed project it is intended to restore the Stained Glass windows that were once set in the back three recesses of the Memorial Temple.
We are now asking if anyone out there may have taken photographs of the memorial many years ago showing the design on the original stained glass before the three red fillers were installed. If you.......
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28 April 2017
Artist Gabriela Schutz has been working on two detailed panoramas of shopfronts and houses in Myddleton Road, Bowes Park, executed in pencil, and each 7.2 metres long. They will go on show at Bruce Castle Museum in May.
In the meantime, watch this video in which Gabriela talks about the project and you can see it taking shape........
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19 April 2017
The future of a historic well in Barnet, with a Samuel Pepys association, is looking more assured thanks to a collaborative project between Barnet Museum, Historic England and the Heritage of London Trust.
Barnet Physic Well, situated near Barnet Hospital on land that was once Barnet Common, was dug in the 17th century to provide a source of chalybeate spring water, which supposedly had healing properties. The mock tudor wellhouse, which dates from 1937, is a Grade II listed building but.......
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25 February 2017
Local volunteer Darius Hazelwood Horner, a member of the Southgate Green Association, has restored the Southgate Village Gates to their former glory.
Southgate originated as the "south gate" to Enfield Chase, the King's Hnting grounds.
A timber lynch gate marks the southern entrance to Southgate.
The Gates stand at the corner of Cannon Hill and Aldermans Hill N14 and had fallen into a state of disrepair.
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20 February 2017
The Remembrance Garden Temple
A campaign by the Friends of Broomfield Park to restore the Park's Remembrance Garden has finally succeeded. Enfield Council notified the Friends this week that the War Memorial Trust has agreed to a grant of £63,270 to the Council. This represents 75 per cent of the total cost - the remainder will be paid by the Council
War Memorial Temple - roof repairs and new stained glass windows replicating the original design.
Memorial cairn - repair of.......
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07 February 2017
The second Southgate Civic Week will be from 10th to 18th June 2017. Southgate District Civic Trust are extending an invitation to local groups to add their own events to the week's activities
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